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For most people who can afford it, yes. Fallston grades A− overall, 98th of 259 graded towns in Maryland. The median household earns $155K. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 91% of the country. What holds it back is price: the typical home is worth about $564K, 5.7 years of the Baltimore metro’s $99K median household income. Fallston’s median household income is $155,000, above both the Maryland town median ($113,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). Fallston has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Bon Air and Little Falls Meetinghouse. Among 261 Maryland towns, just 6 have a higher share of households owning their home than Fallston.
Where Fallston beats most towns.
Where Fallston’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maryland), ordered by how far Fallston is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 8,427 in 2000, 9,306 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1930 and 5 maps from 1901 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Fallston. Close and well known come first.
Big draw20 mi Stadium & arenaM&T Bank Stadium
20 mi Stadium & arenaOriole Park at Camden Yards
20 mi MuseumNS Savannah
20 mi National MonumentFort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine283K visitors a year
19 mi MuseumWalters Art Museum
20 mi Stadium & arenaCFG Bank ArenaM&T Bank Stadium: United States Department of Defense Cherie Cullen, Public domain · Oriole Park at Camden Yards: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0 · NS Savannah: Elton Lord/Atomic Energy Commission, Public domain · Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine: ScottyBoy900Q at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Walters Art Museum: Dylan k, CC BY-SA 3.0 · CFG Bank Arena: Don Woods, CC BY-SA 3.0
Fallston is unincorporated, so Harford County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Mar 11, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Fallston.
Its widest gap with Maryland is food insecurity: 6.6% of its 7,172 adults worry about having enough food, against 15.4% statewide. Against the 2,466 U.S. towns with household incomes like Fallston’s, it is healthier than 53%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
29% of Fallston adults feel lonely. Fallston beats the Maryland average on 17 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 33% of Fallston adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Fallston | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 34% | 33% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 23% | 25% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 38% | 36% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 6.6% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Fallston | MD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.6% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 6.3% | 13.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.9% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Harford County Public Schools. Its three schools are below. The largest public high school is Fallston High, with 1,036 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youths Benefit ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 1,151 | B+ |
| Fallston HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,036 | A+ |
| Fallston Middle SchoolTop results in townGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,068 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MD on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 90% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Fallston.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents leave Fallston for work: only 4% work in town. Fallston’s average trip to work is 36 minutes. Since 2013, Fallston has added 275 jobs, to 1,428 in 2023.
| Fallston | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 36 minutes | 32 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.6% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.5% | 3.1% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
8.0 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Gunpowder Falls State Park Pleasantville Area, at 265 acres with 7.5 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Fallston | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 7.9% | 9.5% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Gunpowder Falls State Park Pleasantville Area | 7.5 mi | 265 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The median rent in Fallston is $2,268 a month. The typical Fallston home is worth about $564,000, up 1.8% in a year, 33% above the Maryland typical home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Fallston has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 24° and about 34 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
4 within 15 miles of the center of Fallston
About 7 of every 100 Fallston residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Maryland.
3 places in Fallston on the National Register of Historic Places.
4 notable people were born in Fallston.
Census-designated place in Maryland, United States
Fallston is a census-designated place (CDP) in Harford County, Maryland, United States. The population was 8,958 at the 2010 census, up from 8,427 in 2000. Fallston is a semi-rural community consisting mostly of farms and suburban-like developments.
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One town shares a border with Fallston.
| Town | MD rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fallston | #98 | A− | C− | — | B | A |
| Bel Air North | #62 | A | C+ | — | B | A |
Fallston and Bel Air North report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Fallston with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Fallston grades A− overall, better than 76% of U.S. towns and #98 of 259 in Maryland. It grades A for health and B for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
4 notable people were born here, including Andrew Privett and Alex Sherzer.
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